Toy.



G. E. H. NELSON.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3I, 1917.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

GEORGE E. H. NELSON,

F RACINE, WISCONSIN.

TOY.

retener.

i. v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented aug. eo, isis.

Application led October 31, 1917. Serial No. 199,485.

' To all whom z' may concern.'

oa citizen of the United States,

rangement of Be it known that I, GEORGE E. H. NELSON, residing atRacine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a lfull, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful toy or novelty and has forits main object to provide one embodying an upright frame in the form ofa ladder having alternately arranged stops on its sides, and a iigurehaving outstretched arms which may be a representation of any well knownpublic or popular character, said gure -when positioned at the top ofthe .trame being adapted when started to descend by gravity, alternatelyswinging from side to side in its descent.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivetoy and one which will aiiord a great deal of amusenient.v

With these and other objects in view as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention lcomprises the various novel features ofconstruction, combination and arparts as will be fully describedhereinafter and afterward specically claimed.

Referring to the drawings: I

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the toy, showing a figuresupported at the to thereof,

ig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner in which the figure descends,and

Fig. 3 is a side `elevation of the upright frame of the toy.

Similar characters of reference are used to denote corresponding partsthroughout the accompanying drawings and the following description.

ln order that the construction and. operation of the invention may bereadily understood, l have illustrated an approved einbodiment thereofin the accompanying drawings and will now proceed to fully describe thesame in connection with said drawings, in which l indicates an uprightframe, -which in this instance is in the form of a ladder and embodiesthe usual side bars 2 connected by rungs 3. rihe ladder is adapted to besu ported in an upright position by a pair of egs 4 pivotall connectedat their upper ends to the side ars of the ladder as indicated at 5.

.Each side bar is provided longitudinally withspaced stop pins 6, thestop pins on one side bar being arranged alternately with thespacesbetween the stop pins on the opposite side bar.

One side bar has a ranged on it opposite pin .on the opposite side inhorizontal alinement therewith.

6 indicates a gravity descending ligure which may be made or designed toindicate any well known public or popular character and is provided withoutstretched arms 9 extending oppositely in horizontal alineinent.

Referring to Fig. l, it will be seen that the supporting pin 7cooperates with the uppermost stop pin 6 to support the figure at thetop of the ladder by its outstretched arms. In the operation of the toy,the left hand arm is moved outwardly and disengaged from the supportingpin 7 and then allowed to drop, whereupon the arm will fall upon thestop pin 6 immediately below the supporting pin 7. The ligure will thenslide downwardly by gravity in the position indicated by dotted linesuntil the outer end of the right arm of the figure disengages the.uppermost stop pin 6 which is opposite the supporting pin 7.

As soon as the right arm of the figure has disengaged the uppermost stoppin 6 and the body of the figure engages the next lower stop pin, itwill swing downwardly upon the nextl lower stop pin 6, as clearlyindicated in' Fig. 2. When the figure is swung down to the dotteddicated in Fig. 2, it will slide downwardly on the stop pins until thearm of the figure leaves/ the uppermost stop pin supporting it and thebody of the ligure engages the next lower stop pin, whereupon the ligurewill alternately swing on this latter stop pin and continue its downwardgravity descent.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itwill be apparent that when the figure is once started downwardly fromthe top of the ladder, it will continue to descend until it ,reaches thebottom of the ladder, alternately swinging from side to side in itsdescent.

supporting pin 7 arthe uppermost stop' bar and is disposed line positionin` end of the left

